Job Description
Job Description
Backend Developer
Location: London – Hybrid
Employment: Full Time
All applicants must hold a DV (Developed Vetting) clearance to apply.
The Opportunity:
For the Ministry of Defence, maintaining National Security is a 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year mission. The MoD partners with this Big4 Firm to support these complex operations, empower critical thinking, and drive value across its strategic initiatives and technology investments.
The Role:
As a Backend Developer, you will support the digitisation of the UK’s defence, intelligence, and military agencies, collaborating with high-performing multidiscipline teams to deliver E2E features and cloud-native applications.
Additionally, you’ll build robust and scalable digital platforms that enable teams to continuously develop modern micro-services-based solutions to improve environments through automation and infrastructure-as-code.
Required Skills/Experience:
- British Passport Holder with active DV (Developed Vetting) Clearance.
- Previous Defence, Military, Policing, National Security, Counter Terrorism, or Justice Project involvement.
- Proficiency in software development and a passion for writing code.
- Understanding of the fundamentals of Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, and/or Python software development.
- Demonstrable understanding of working in teams, particularly in agile methodologies such as Scrum & Kanban.
- Delivering cloud-native and containerised applications using technologies including AWS Lambda, Spring Boot, NodeJS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and ELK.
- Building solutions as part of a DevOps and Agile ecosystem supported by tooling including Atlassian, Jenkins, OWASP, and AWS componentry.
Benefits:
- Base Salary: £45,000 - £75,000 (DoE)
- Discretionary Bonus - 5%
- DV Bonus £7,000
- Flex Fund: £5,000
- Health: Private Medical Insurance
- Annual Leave: 25 Days plus Public Holidays + buy up to 10 additional days
- L&D: Annual Performance/Salary Reviews + Training & Development Budget
- Pension: 8% Matched Pension + Group Personal Pension Plan
- Life Assurance: Up to a maximum of four times the Earnings Cap
- Occupational Sick Pay
- Personal Accident Insurance
For more information, apply below or contact us directly.
Contact: 02077806706
Backend Developer